A regular newsletter with the aim of keeping Sweetbridge members up to date with Crowdsale developments, news and events.AVIATION BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGE by Lufthansa Innovation Hub and SAP.iOWe’ve recently been chosen as one of the nine finalists in Lufthansa and SAPs first Aviation Blockchain Challenge. Sweetbridge is one of three finalists in the subcategory of the ‘Traveller Challenge’, we presented our blockchain solution across the aviation supply chain that will benefit travellers. The Final of the Aviation Blockchain Challenge will be on the 23rd of October during the ‘Lufthansa Innovation Forum at Lufthansa’s headquarters in Frankfurt.Read Lufthansa’s full press release here.DUTCHCHAIN REGULATORY DEEP DIVE | October 31 | De Nederlandsche Bank, AmsterdamScott will be speaking at Dutchchain on how to get to regulatory compliance at the protocol level. Sweetbridge’s quest for regulation and a responsible ICO in more than 10 countries has led to numerous insights. Sweetbridge will talk about their findings and recommendations for regulators, tokenization-initiatives and corporates and governments collaborating with these initiatives their series of Deep Dives with the DutchChain Regulatory Deep Dive at our hosting partner De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank). This is your chance to really dive deep with regulators and the entire ecosystem on the (needed) regulations for moving new initiatives forward.Help Us Get to MAINNET!Thank you to everyone who has signed up to Beta so far! Beta is now fully underway and we are encouraging our community to get behind the wallet so we can get a critical mass of testers and together take it to mainnet. We believe in working with our community so we can make our wallet the best that it can be and in a way that is easier for you to use.If you have not signed up to BETA, we encourage you to do so at https://members.beta.sweetbridge.com/EventsWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION PUBLIC FORUM | October 2–4We were on the panel for the “Blockchain and Trade” workshop at the World Trade Organization Public Forum in Geneva, Thursday, October 4.“Blockchain and the Future of Trade: Fostering sustainability and inclusiveness through innovative distributed ledger technologies” is a workshop focusing on the highly disruptive upcoming Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT), which are nowadays best represented by its Blockchain variant and well known worldwide through its first successful implementation — the Bitcoin Cryptocurrency.This workshop with renowned worldwide experts focused on discussing key disrupting approaches established via cryptographically secure decentralization technologies.FDRA’s Footwear Trade and Distribution Conference | October 21–24, 2018 | The Renaissance Long Beach, CaliforniaWe will be attending FDRA’s conference and participating in a segment called “Future of Logistics” with Let’s Talk Supply Chain Sarah Barnes in the upcoming FDRA’s Footwear Trade and Distribution Conference on October 22.This innovative conference is the largest footwear conference of its kind in the US, which draws nearly 200 of the industry’s top footwear executives, traffic and distribution specialists, customs experts, and service providers. The event is focused on learning from, and connecting with, industry leaders, experts and service providers.CRYPTO INVEST SUMMIT | October 22–24, 2018 | Los Angeles Convention CenterWe will also be attending Crypto Invest Summit from October 22–24, 2018. For those of you that down to come along, feel free to message us and we’d be happy to arrange a meeting to talk about all things, Sweetbridge.Crypto Invest Summit is the leading conference & summit focused on sustainable investing in blockchain technologies. An exclusive, curated, high-impact, informative and thought-provoking event presented by some of the world’s foremost innovators, change makers and prominent leaders in the blockchain and crypto ecosystem.Statement from CEO Scott Nelson and Sweetbridge TeamThis is a response to the Sweetbridge community due to some threads over the past weeks on its financial position and business discussions. Please see our blog post for more details.Stay tuned for an AMA with Scott Nelson on the 27th October on our Telegram channel, where he will be able to answer any questions that you have. More updates to come including what time the AMA will be.NEWS COVERAGEInternational Financial Law Review | EMEA: lasting effectsIn a roundup of the week earlier in September, the state of regulation and the US was discussed. It was highlighted that the US isn’t as crypto friendly as other jurisdictions. Sweetbridge’s Will commented on this and the effect that it has had on Sweetbridge as a result of the difference of regulation between jurisdiction. To read the full roundup click here.ABI RESEARCHSweetbridge was mentioned as one of the Startups and Industry Alliances in ABI Research of ‘Blockchain in the Supply Chain: Reducing Friction for Faster and More Efficient Logistics’. This report looks at emerging use cases for blockchain in the supply chain sector. Read the full report here.OPTIONS INSIDEREarlier this month, after attending ‘Voice of Blockchain’ in Chicago’, Options Insider interviewed Scott Nelson on their podcast. In this podcast, they discussed blockchain, Sweetbridge, crypto trading and more. Listen to the podcast to hear the full interview.BITCOIN EXCHANGE GUIDE | IBM Report Urges United States to Lead Blockchain DLT Innovation in ID, Payments and Supply Chain.Following a series of roundtable discussions held by the Congressional Blockchain Congress, IBM released a report as a result and to summarize what happened during these conversations. Sweetbridge was one of the organisations at these round discussions about different aspects of the blockchain industry. There were three roundtable discussions were about ‘Digital Identity’, ‘Payments’ and ‘Supply Chain and Provenance’.Read the full outcome of the conversations here.COINJOURNAL | Treasury select committee regulation needed in crypto industry’s “Wild West”With the lack of regulation at the moment in the crypto industry, Scott Nelson gave a comment on this topic. Scott suggested that a possible solution to this could be Self-Regulatory Organisations (SROs). Scott said, “We think SROs can be a welcome addition to the landscape of regulatory responsibilities for this industry.”Read his full comment and what others in the article thought here.BFlowBFlow joins the Sweetbridge Alliance to advance sustainable development goals. Through their collaboration, Sweetbridge and BFlow plan to report on and validate environmental, impact, and other sustainable metrics, to help companies monitor progress on their sustainability initiatives. See our blog post for more details.InstaSupplyInstaSupply joins the Sweetbridge Alliance as a reseller of invoice financing for supply chains. Through this collaboration, Sweetbridge’s liquidity protocol will provide low-cost access to capital for the InstaSupply customer base of mid-sized buyers and suppliers located around the world. As a reseller of the Sweetbridge Liquidity Protocol, InstaSupply can instantly settle supplier invoices, enhancing its current solution. Read an article by Payment Week talking about the deal here for full details.GREENPORT | Strengthening port efficiency with blockchainSweetbridge’s Alliance President Mac McGary wrote a piece for Green Port discussing how blockchain can improve efficiency within supply chains. Mac focused on how it can help the environment and help marine ports operate at full capacity, as blockchain can reduce friction and remove any bottlenecks from the system.Mac discussed how we at Sweetbridge will help strengthen port efficiency writing, “At Sweetbridge, we’ve worked to create a tokenised infrastructure dedicated to increasing marine port efficiency by monetizing underutilised assets.” Read Mac’s full article here.INBUSINESS PHOENIX | Arizona on the brink with FinTech BlockchainArizona has launched the first regulatory sandbox for FinTech and blockchain companies in the US, writes Sweetbridge’s Will Munsil. As Arizona is on the threshold with FinTech blockchain, we are proud to be based in Phoenix and be at the frontline of this developing technology. Will’s article can be read here.BITCOINKE | A Guide to Stablecoins, the Alternative to Traditional CryptocurrenciesSweetbridge is mentioned in this guide to stablecoins. This is a great read if you’re not sure what a stablecoin is and how they work. Read the full guide here.You can also learn more about Bridgecoin here.—With lots of great things happening, and many still yet to come, it’s been a busy month.Thank you all for your part in building a better way together with Sweetbridge.Talk to Us!The clever aspect of the Sweetbridge economy is that as the network grows, so do the benefits for members. The bigger the network, the greater the discounts so share and engage with us on social media. This is your platform to share!Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Telegram | FAQ | Reddit | InstagramIf you wish to subscribe to our regular news and updates please register as a member here.SweetNews: Community Newsletter #5 October 2018 was originally published in Sweetbridge on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.